METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING CROSSTALK ATTENUATION WITHIN A PLUG/JACK CONNECTION AND BETWEEN NEARBY PLUG/JACK COMBINATIONS

摘要

This application describes a jack for improving crosstalk attenuation. The jack has a housing, a foil at least partially surrounding the housing, a printed circuit board, and at least one pair of insulation displacement contacts and vias. Each pair of insulation contacts and vias are associated with a differential signal. A conductive trace stub is routed on the printed circuit board near the edge of the board proximate to the foil in order to at least partially balance the coupling from one of the insulation displacement contacts and vias of a pair to the foil with the other insulation displacement contact and via of the pair by electrically connecting the trace stub to the via that is further from the foil.

主权项

1. An RJ45 communications jack comprising:
a housing having a top and a bottom; and a foil at least partially covering said housing, wherein at least one of said top and said bottom is partially covered by a first portion of said foil and a second portion of said foil, said first portion and said second portion being separated by a non-conductive gap.